Chicken and Pastina Soup

Name: Chicken and Pastina Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams cup uncooked acini di pepe pasta or other small round pasta; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 237 milliliters Muir Glen® organic crushed tomatoes with basil (from 28-oz can); 118 milliliters diced carrot (1 medium); 118 milliliters diced celery (1 medium stalk); 2 kilograms cartons each) Progresso® chicken broth; 1 dried bay leaf; 473 milliliters chopped, lightly packed mustard greens, spinach, Swiss chard or other greens; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 118 milliliters chopped onion (1 medium); 79 milliliters shredded Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons gray salt or sea salt; 907 grams boneless skinless chicken breasts

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken and Pastina Soup a try. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains about 25g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 236 calories. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. If you have acini di pepe pasta, cartons chicken broth, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

Place chicken in 12-inch skillet.

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Whole Chicken

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Add 1 carton of the broth.

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Broth

Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).

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Whole Chicken

Juice

Meanwhile, in 5-quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add onion, carrot and celery; cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.

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Celery

Onion

Drain chicken, reserving broth; set chicken aside. Strain broth; add to vegetables. Stir remaining carton of broth, the tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot.

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Bay Leaves